Sasha
11th January 2012, 12:38
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Xbox 360 Plant Workers Threaten Suicide: 300 employees at a Foxconn plant in Wuhan, China, threatened to kill themselves (http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120110000064&cid=1103) last week after the company denied them compensation they were promised.
The workers intended to jump from the top of a building at the plant, which produces Xbox 360 consoles for Microsoft, but were eventually talked down by the mayor of Wuhan.
The employees staged the suicide protest after asking for a raise and being told they could either continue work with no extra pay or quit their jobs and receive compensation. After most of them quit, the company didnt pay out the money as promised.
Xbox 360 production was temporarily suspended during the incident.
A Microsoft spokesman issued the following statement:
Microsoft takes working conditions in the factories that manufacture its products very seriously, and we are currently investigating this issue. We have a stringent Vendor Code of Conduct that spells out our expectations, and we monitor working conditions closely on an ongoing basis and address issues as they emerge. Microsoft is committed to the fair treatment and safety of workers employed by our vendors, and to ensuring conformance with Microsoft policy.
This isnt the first time Foxconn has been in the news over poor working conditions. Fourteen of the companys employees committed suicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides) back in 2010, and an iPad 2 assembly line exploded last year, killing two (http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/05/20/foxconn-plant-explosion-of-the-day/).
[kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5874706/report-mass-suicide-threats-at-xbox-360-plant)]
Xbox 360 Plant Workers Threaten Suicide: 300 employees at a Foxconn plant in Wuhan, China, threatened to kill themselves (http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120110000064&cid=1103) last week after the company denied them compensation they were promised.
The workers intended to jump from the top of a building at the plant, which produces Xbox 360 consoles for Microsoft, but were eventually talked down by the mayor of Wuhan.
The employees staged the suicide protest after asking for a raise and being told they could either continue work with no extra pay or quit their jobs and receive compensation. After most of them quit, the company didnt pay out the money as promised.
Xbox 360 production was temporarily suspended during the incident.
A Microsoft spokesman issued the following statement:
Microsoft takes working conditions in the factories that manufacture its products very seriously, and we are currently investigating this issue. We have a stringent Vendor Code of Conduct that spells out our expectations, and we monitor working conditions closely on an ongoing basis and address issues as they emerge. Microsoft is committed to the fair treatment and safety of workers employed by our vendors, and to ensuring conformance with Microsoft policy.
This isnt the first time Foxconn has been in the news over poor working conditions. Fourteen of the companys employees committed suicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides) back in 2010, and an iPad 2 assembly line exploded last year, killing two (http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/05/20/foxconn-plant-explosion-of-the-day/).
[kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5874706/report-mass-suicide-threats-at-xbox-360-plant)]